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uk sightings Wednesday 11th June 2003



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BEDFORD:- Little Staughton Little Owl 8.50am.

BERKSHIRE:- Burnthouse Lane GPs Hobby am in trees on S.side + 1+ Lsr Whitethroat in hedge by pull-in.

CHESHIRE:- Higher Whitley Spotted Flycatcher 3pm from Focalpoint window at Marbury House Farm.

CORNWALL:- Cadgwith Rose-col Starling 1.5ml NE of Lizard in gdn of Moorlands on Prazegooth Ln SW719145.

CORNWALL:- Helston Boating Lake 1s Ring-billed Gull pm at NE end SW655272.

CORNWALL:- Treve Common male Red-backed Shrike 1/4ml SW of Sennen, N.of A30 pm by ditch btw B&B + cycle path SW352253. Take f/pth N.off A30 opp B3315 jctn.

DEVON:- Bowling Green Marsh Glossy Ibis 5pm in ditch nr viewing platform + 3 Med Gull, 1s L.Gull.

DEVON:- Kingswear Iberian Chiffchaff singing + showing well on Dart Valley Trail just past NT Longwood sign down trail on right before boatyard.

DEVON:- Lundy Rose-col Starling + f/1s.m RbFly.

DEVON:- Slapton Ley PROB Purple Heron 5pm RPTD in flight over Higher Ley.

DORSET:- Portland Bill 14 Balearic Shearwater past + 13 Manx Shearwater, Arctic Skua.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Blacktoft Sands RSPB Spoonbill am + 5 Spot Redshank.

EAST YORKSHIRE:- Spurn fem Bluethroat 3.25pm trapped + released at The Warren, not seen since.

FLINTSHIRE:- Point of Ayr Cuckoo 12.57pm chased by Curlew! Also 2 Wheatear but NO SIGN Tawny Pipit by 1pm.

HAMPSHIRE:- nr Romsey POSS Purple Heron circling high (no time given).

KENT:- Bough Beech Resr 18+ Mandarin + 4 C.Tern, 4 Shelduck.

KENT:- Dungeness 41+(4ad,2s,36x1s) Mediterranean Gull at The Patch + 2 Hobby in trapping area. Green Sand Dungeness RSPB + 1+Avocet.

KENT:- Isle of Sheppey male Red-footed Falcon S.@ 9am over Capel Fleet.

KENT:- Oare Marshes 2(1drk) Garganey on W.Flood @ W.end + 30 Avocet, 150 Blk-t Godwit, 2 M.Harrier, 2 L.Egret, Hobby.

KENT:- Tonge Pond POSS male Red-footed Falcon RPTD over at 10.30am then N.over The Swale.

LEICESTERSHIRE:- Rutland Water 2 Ruddy Shelduck on Egleton Lagoon I + Greenshank.

LINCOLNSHIRE:- Langtoft Pits 3drk Red-crested Pochard on pit next to Gull Pit + pair with 1 duckling.

LOTHIAN:- Musselburgh Lagoons 1s Mediterranean Gull on 1st lagoon + Peregrone at scrapes. Alos 72 Eider chicks, 10(4y)Goosander.

NORFOLK:- Blakeney Point male Short-toed Lark btw Long Hills + Yankee Ridge but mobile + elusive.

NORFOLK:- Cley Quail singing in pigfield S.of Glaven Flintpits + Tree Sparrow over.

NORFOLK:- Hardley Flood Hobby + Green Sand.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- E.Chevington ad White-winged Black Tern 8.20am flew from N.Pool twds S.Pool NZ269988.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- Longhirst Flashes Great White Egret 1ml ESE of Longhirst am. Off A197 W.of Ashington on minor rd N.for 1km to pools by L.bend at NZ245888.

NORTHUMBERLAND:- Newbiggin pr Roseate Tern 4pm 800m N.of church mating on rocky outcrop by golfcourse.

SHETLAND:- Foula Rose-col Starling + 2 Crossbill.

SHROPSHIRE:- Cranmere POSS Gull-billed Tern 4ml NE of Bridgemere 2.45pm on The Bog SO755975 then flew low W.

SOMERSET:- Ham Wall RSPB Purple Heron 4ml W.of Glastonbury am from viewing platform but elusive + Hobby.

STAFFORDSHIRE:- Belvide Resr Curlew Sandpiper pm + drk Common Scoter, R.Plover, Dunlin.

STRATHCLYDE:- Cathkin Tip 1s Iceland Gull 2ml NNW of E.Kilbride pm in fld on W.side NS620575.

SUFFOLK:- btw Westleton + Minsmere RSPB entrance ad Rose-col Starling RPTD (no details).

SUFFOLK:- Lakenheath RSPB male Golden Oriole 1.35pm in 2nd plntn.

SUFFOLK:- Leiston Red Kite W.@ 10.45am.

SUFFOLK:- Lowestoft Hbr s/pl Sabine's Gull am still off S.Pier on rocks.

SUFFOLK:- Minsmere RSPB 2 1s Little Gull from S.Hide.

SUFFOLK:- Sizewell ad Rose-col Starling 1.45pm in dunes E.of N.end of power stn.

SUSSEX:- Rye Hbr NR 4 Roseate Tern

WILDLIFE:- KENT Clouded Yellow at Dungeness trapping area.

Hummingbird Hawkmoth at Sandwich Bay Obs, release 7pm all welcome.

WILDLIFE:- NORF 60+ Painted Lady in Wiveton garden am.

WILDLIFE:- SUFF Hummingbird Hawkmoth pm in garden in Great Cornard.






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